From Fort Marion to Fort Sill: A Documentary History of the Chiricahua Apache Prisoners of War, 1886-1913

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59 D Dahdosumer c. 1827–1897 Unidentified Dahdosumer, an old woman, died on September 18, 1897 [se5253].1 Dahkeya (Mike) c. 1868–1899 nd Dahkuja. Probably “Askaecha,” listed in Kaahteney’s band in 1884 as a single sixteen-year-old. Dahkeya surrendered in March 1886 with Chihuahua ’s group. He married Lulu Geronimo; their children were Joe, Nina, and Thomas Dahkeya. Mike Dahkeya died on April 21, 1899 [nw5082].2 See also offspring who follow; Geronimo, Lulu. Dahkeya, Joe ?–1899 bd + nd A son of Lulu Geronimo and Dahkeya (Mike), Joe died on April 26, 1899 [nw5084].3 Dahkeya, Nina ?–1895 bd + nd A daughter of Lulu Geronimo and Dahkeya (Mike), Nina died on September 6, 1895 [nw5083].4 Dahkeya, Thomas c. 1890–1908 ch/bd + nd Thomas Delaya. Son of Lulu Geronimo and Dahkeya (Mike), Thomas attended the Trans Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha in 1898,where he was photographed with his grandfather, Geronimo. Thomas enrolled 60 | Dahn in Chilocco in 1904. He died on March 11, 1908. He was the last of his family [nw5083].5 Dahn ?–1888 ws Dahn was James Ahnandia’s mother, Sallie Sunday’s full sister, and a half-sister of Tahdaste and Ilthgozey, and she became Ahnandia’s (Ralph) wife. Dahn stayed at Fort Apache when Ahnandia left with Geronimo, Naiche, and others in May 1885. While in Mexico Ahnandia married Tahdaste. They surrendered in September 1886. Dahn, James, and Tahdaste were sent to Fort Marion, and Ahnandia was held in close confinement at Fort Pickens. Before the transfer of prisoners from Fort Marion to Alabama in 1888, families of men at Fort Pickens were given the opportunity to join their husbands. Dahn refused to go, saying she had not been with him since he left Fort Apache in May 1885. She and Ahnandia remarried at Mount Vernon Barracks. Dahn died in Alabama of tuberculosis on January 16, 1888.6 See also Ahnandia (Ralph); Ahnandia (James). Daklugie (Asa) c. 1874–1955 bd + nd fig. 4, no. 39; fig. 19, no. 6; fig. 37, no. 8 Ace; Dat-ogi. A son of Ishkeh and Juh, the chief of the Nednai Apaches, and a nephew of Geronimo. Daklugie was born near Fort Bowie, Arizona. His Apache name “Daklugie” means “forced his way through,” or “one who grabs,” descriptive of his difficult birth. He was enrolled in Carlisle on December 8, 1886, as “Asa Daklugie, age 12, height 4'9", weight 93.” He was assigned to H. Martindell of Dolington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 19–August 20, 1888; F. Marple of Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1890; J. Simpson of New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1891; G. Eastburn of Pineville, Pennsylvania, September 10–October 24, 1891; F. Rich of Holicong, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1892–September 14, 1893; E. Burroughs of Pennington, New Jersey, April 28–September 15, 1894; and D. Palmer of Edgewood, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1894–March 30, 1895. After being discharged on November 7, 1895, with funds in his Car- Daklugie (Asa) | 61 lisle account, Daklugie went to Fort Sill, where he enlisted in the Detachment of Scouts. In 1898 he married Ramona Chihuahua, a former Carlisle classmate. They had seven children: Asa Jr., Evelyn, Mary, Maude, Pansy, Ramona, and Sarah. When Geronimo dictated his autobiography to S. M. Barrett in 1905, Daklugie interpreted from Apache to English. Daklugie settled at Mescalero in 1908 to evaluate the allotment of land the Mescalero Apache Tribe had offered the Chiricahua prisoners in Whitetail Canyon. Reporting later that year about potential means of earning a living, he mentioned logging, sufficient water for crops, good potential for raising livestock, and good schools. At Fort Sill the prisoners had learned new methods to support themselves and, according to Daklugie, were enthusiastic to do so at Mescalero. “A great many years ago the government commenced feeding us and clothing us. Do they want to keep it up until our children’s children and their children’s children are old men and women? No, we do not want it so! We think we have been given enough rations and clothing. We want to be free. . . . Those who want to stay here [Oklahoma], let them stay! Those who want to go, send them!” In August 1916 Daklugie wrote to the Carlisle superintendent, Oscar Lipps, wanting to enroll his daughters, Maude, aged fourteen, and Sarah, aged thirteen. Lipps replied that he believed the girls would do “very...